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+# - a bit of a contrived example of backing up files on a managed host
+#
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24162996/how-to-move-rename-a-file-using-an-ansible-task-on-a-remote-system
+
+---
+- name: check backup directory status
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}"
+  register: backup_dir
+  tags: ['backup_dir_status']
+
+- name: create backup directory if it does not exist
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  when: backup_dir.stat.isdir is not defined
+  tags: ['create_backup_dir']
+
+- name: backup of system files
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: /etc/{{ item  }}
+    remote_src: true
+    dest: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}/"
+    mode: preserve
+  with_items:
+    - hosts.allow~
+    - hosts.deny~
+    - inetd.conf
+    - sudoers.dist
+    - hosts
+    - fstab
+    - inittab
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  tags: ['backup_system_files']
+
+- name: backup slackpkg files
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: /etc/slackpkg/{{ item  }}
+    remote_src: true
+    dest: "{{ backup_etc_dir }}/"
+    mode: preserve
+  with_items:
+    - blacklist~
+    - mirrors~
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  tags: ['backup_slackpkg_files']
+
+- name: rename our test files
+  ansible.builtin.shell: |
+    sudo mv {{ backup_etc_dir }}/hosts.allow~ {{ backup_etc_dir }}/hosts.allow
+    sudo mv {{ backup_etc_dir }}/hosts.deny~ {{ backup_etc_dir }}/hosts.deny
+    sudo mv {{ backup_etc_dir }}/sudoers.dist {{ backup_etc_dir }}/sudoers
+    sudo mv {{ backup_etc_dir }}/blacklist~ {{ backup_etc_dir }}/blacklist
+    sudo mv {{ backup_etc_dir }}/mirrors~ {{ backup_etc_dir }}/mirrors
+    exit 0
+  tags: ['rename_files']